Taking Home Your SHARC-2 Data
The recommended way to take your data home is to sftp them onto a portable
computer. For DVD backup, you would need to contact the CSO staff for help.
As a reminder, SHARC-2 will, on a good night, generate
2-3 GB of data.
The
data Location.
We keep two local copies of your data at all times for security, plus a third
copy at Caltech (generated within a few days). The copy you can (and should)
access can be found on the kilauea computer in
kilauea:/halfT/sharcii/data2_YYYYmmm
i.e. for the December 2009 run, that will be:
kilauea:/halfT/sharcii/data2_2009dec
Normally, the directory of the current run is also linked to:
kilauea:/halfT/sharcii/current
for easier access.
(/halfT actually resides on lapakahi, but is mounted on kilauea.)
The data files follow the simple naming convention of
sharc2-######.fits after their
scan numbers. I.e., the scan 14282 will
be written as sharc2-014282.fits
in the appropriate directory on the
kilauea:/home/transfer drive.
If, for some reason, your data appears not to be present there, please
contact someone at Caltech, and we will make sure to remedy the problem
as soon as possible.